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Journal of African Cultural Studies, 1998
Abstract The paper presents the first systematic account of a substantial number of Somali ideophones. The ideophones are first defined according to a number of phonological and morphosyntactic criteria, followed by a discussion of the semantic fields covered by ideophones in Somali compared with other African languages (Section 1).
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Abstract The paper presents the first systematic account of a substantial number of Somali ideophones. The ideophones are first defined according to a number of phonological and morphosyntactic criteria, followed by a discussion of the semantic fields covered by ideophones in Somali compared with other African languages (Section 1).
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Faits de Langues, 2020
Abstract This article presents a descriptive study of ideophones in Moro, addressing both their structural characteristics and usage, with data from the Thetogovela dialect. We describe their sound patterns, word categorization and placement within sentences, and discuss their meaning and conventionalization. Moro ideophones convey a wide range of
Angelo Ali Naser, Sharon Rose
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Abstract This article presents a descriptive study of ideophones in Moro, addressing both their structural characteristics and usage, with data from the Thetogovela dialect. We describe their sound patterns, word categorization and placement within sentences, and discuss their meaning and conventionalization. Moro ideophones convey a wide range of
Angelo Ali Naser, Sharon Rose
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2020
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Thompson, Arthur, Van Hoey, Thomas
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Thompson, Arthur, Van Hoey, Thomas
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2001
The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They center around the following hypotheses: Ideophones are universal; and constitute a grammatical category in all languages of the world; ideophones and similar words have a special dramaturgic ...
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The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They center around the following hypotheses: Ideophones are universal; and constitute a grammatical category in all languages of the world; ideophones and similar words have a special dramaturgic ...
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Ideophones, rhemes, interpretants
Pragmatics and Society, 2014This commentary considers the depictive quality of ideophones within the context of a general semiotic. I seek to expand the limited uptake of iconicity in linguistic theory from a resemblance between sign and object along Peirce’s second trichotomy (icon, index, symbol) to discuss iconicity from the often overlooked perspective of Peirce’s third ...
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2006
AbstractThe major word classes nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, even interjections or exclamations as well as function words such as adpositions and particles are natural subjects of detailed descriptions in grammars. By contrast, words subsumed under the term “ideophone” are widely ignored in most grammars or are hard to find as a separate word ...
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AbstractThe major word classes nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, even interjections or exclamations as well as function words such as adpositions and particles are natural subjects of detailed descriptions in grammars. By contrast, words subsumed under the term “ideophone” are widely ignored in most grammars or are hard to find as a separate word ...
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Translating African ideophones
Perspectives, 2001Abstract Ideophones are linguistic devices that feature prominently in African discourse and are part of the identity of African oral literature. The present article discusses the translation into English of African ideophones, using the The Ozidi Saga, an Ijo epic narrative recorded and translated into English by the Nigerian writer J. P.
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Some notes on ideophones and ideophonic constructions in Shona
African Studies, 1971(1971). Some notes on ideophones and ideophonic constructions in Shona. African Studies: Vol. 30, No. 3-4, pp. 237-258.
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Abstract Not only do we speak, we can also let inanimate objects and living organisms around us speak. We use ideophones for this. They are a linguistic instrument with which we present our environment in a kind of live broadcast. This means our listeners can now hear, see, smell, taste, and feel the event themselves.
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